S127/227886 Maerewhenua (Eocene of New Zealand)

Where: New Zealand (44.9° S, 170.6° E: paleocoordinates 52.4° S, 167.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bortonian (42.6 - 39.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. F. Squires. 1958. The Cretaceous and Tertiary corals of New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 29:1-107 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89075: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Madracis dodecachora n. sp. Squires 1958 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina oamaruensis Park 1917 stony coral